Energetics of the monsoon circulation over south Asia :Part -I Diabatic heating and the generation of available potential energy

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  • S RAJAMANI

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54302/mausam.v36i1.1573

Abstract

Considering the monsoon circulation as the mean zonal flow with standing or  stationary eddies (monsoon trough etc) and the transient eddies (monsoon depressions, lows etc) supermposed on it, diabatic heating and generation of available potential energy over south Asia have been computed for the typical monsoon month of July 1963, based on the computations of vertical  velocity from omega-equation, and thermodynamic energy equation.

Regions of upward vertical  velocity are found to be areas of good rainfall. Rate of monthly mean diabatic heating in the troposphere is of the order of 0.5 deg. C and is. higher at 500 and 300 mb levels than at lower levels. Positive generation of both zonal and standing eddy available potential  energy is inferred.

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01-01-1985

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S. . RAJAMANI, “Energetics of the monsoon circulation over south Asia :Part -I Diabatic heating and the generation of available potential energy”, MAUSAM, vol. 36, no. 1, pp. 7–12, Jan. 1985.

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Vol. 36 No. 1 (1985): MAUSAM

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Research Papers

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